Jazz Methods: Resources for Instruction

by Sarah Foster

Improvisation
Texts

Jazz Etude Books

History Texts

Jazz Pedagogy
Websites

Title/Description

Author/Website

Publisher

*How to Improvise

*Hal Crook

*Creativity: Flow and the

Psychology of Discovery
and Invention

*Mikhail
Csikszentmihalyi

*Advance Music
*Harper
Perennial

*A Practical Approach to
Jazz Improvisation- The
David Hazeltine Method

*Ben Markley
(author)
David Hazeltine
(artist)
*Dean Sorenson,
Bruce Pearson

*Jamey
Aebsersold Jazz

*$13.00

*Neil A. Kjos
Music Company

*$18.00

*Patterns for
Improvisation

*Oliver Nelson

*Jamey
Aebersold Jazz

*$10.00

*Jazz Sax Etudes

*Greg Fishman, Judy

Roberts (performers)

*Greg Fishman
Jazz Studios

*$20.00

*Jazz Styles: History and

Analysis

*Mark C. Gridley

*Prentice Hall

*$22.00

*The History of Jazz

*Ted Gioia

*Oxford
University Press

*$20.00

*Jazz: A History of
America's Music

*Geoffrey C. Ward

*Knopf

*Online Trombone
Journal- Beginners Jazz
Improvisation and
techniques (good online,
free reference for
beginning jazz musicians

*http://trombone.org/jf
b/library/jfbbeginimprov.asp
David Wilken

*Standard of Excellence
Jazz Ensemble Method

Approx.
Price
*$34.99
*$14.00

*Paperback
$30.00
Hardcover
$60.00

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Music Publishing
Websites

*University of
Wisconsin, Madison
teaches an online course
for jazz improvisation;
the website contains
articles and accessible
online information for
anyone that provides
information on jazz
rhythms, jazz melodies,
and improvisation, as
well as many other topics

*http://hum.lss.wisc.e
du/jazz/

*Band Director.com;
EXAMPLE "Jazz
Pedagogy: How to
Evaluate and Select
Music That Fits Your
Ensemble"- step by step
instructions on how to
pick charts that work for
your band; many other
jazz articles available on
the website
*JW Pepper- Orchestra,
Band (jazz, concert,
marching), Choral
arrangements and
compositions; offers a
large selection of jazz
etude books and a variety
of advanced search
options to help educators
find the right kind of
music for their ensemble

*http://www.banddirec
tor.com/article/pgjazz-band/jazzpedagogy-the-music?
productguide=523
Ex. by J. Richard
Dunscomb

*Hal Leonard- Contains

a large variety of charts
for every kind of

*www.halleonard.com

*Joan Wildman
(website)

*www.jwpepper.com/s *J.W. Pepper &

heetSons
music/welcome.jsp

*Hal Leonard
Corporation

ensemble; contains etude

books, including playalong jazz books and
instructional books; able
to browse the website by
author, grade level, and
series
*UNC Jazz Press- A little
more modern-style;
allows the shopper to
listen to charts and
browse based on what's
popular; provides a
variety of vocal jazz
charts, as well as
instrumental; advanced
search is available and
very helpful

*www.uncjazzpress.co *UNC Jazz Press

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